Abigail Fielding-Smith

RT @BrowneGareth: “In the summer of 2012,  Bassam al-Hassan, a shadowy adviser in Mr Assad’s inner circle, learned that Mr Tice was in the…

Why does Kenya produce so many of the world's champion marathon runners, and why do so many of them die young? Fascinating, sad piece by @jw_rosen https://t.co/xqLZEy9ebe

RT @Charles_Lister: "The rise, fall & contested future of #Hezbollah" This is a really brilliant long-form piece by @LizSly -- well worth…

RT @wissamtarif: A must read: The rise, fall and contested future of Hizbullah by ⁦@LizSly⁩ https://t.co/OClsCZ1Frr

"Hizbullah gaslit us!" Supporters are cursing it, and opponents sense an opportunity. @LizSly profiles the most successful militia in the world as it hits an existential crossroad https://t.co/4hxws4yzva

RT @BazziNYU: “We love you (Trump)” — meme circulating on social media and WhatsApp in Syria, based on old posters of Bashar al-Assad https…

RT @BrowneGareth: Sharaa’s government has gone all in on getting sanctions removed, often to the detriment of dealing with domestic issues.…

RT @shaunodwyer: A powerful article on the Stasi-like network of spying deployed by the KMT against Taiwanese citizens into the 1980's. Unl…

RT @aliceysu: Two years ago, I heard that Taiwan's govt had unearthed surveillance files from the secret police of its authoritarian era. T…

If you were told you had been secretly surveilled by a dictatorship and some of your best friends had been reporting on you, would you want to read the file? Riveting @aliceysu piece on Taiwan’s reckoning with newly unearthed archives https://t.co/eJTz4ykLIi

RT @joshua_landis: Britain lifts all #Syria Sanctions

So proud to work with @kyliexwarner. We always knew she was one of the most talented young people in magazine journalism, but now it’s ASME official! https://t.co/4BRv5zmocn

This is so funny it is actually worth watching the whole subpar season just to appreciate it

Vulture @vulture

Now that the ‘White Lotus’ finale has answered the questions of the body—who will kill and who will be killed?—we must attend to questions of the spirit, namely: How guilty is this group? https://t.co/qqcw6qMXLU

RT @pressgazette: Interview: How The Economist’s narrative journalism brand 1843 is gaining more recognition than ever despite its closure…

RT @twlldun: They. Hate. Our. Beef. Because. Our. Beef. Is. Beautiful. https://t.co/8oJcvNNxsw

RT @azelin: New Syrian flag emoji just dropped in the latest iOS update 🇸🇾 https://t.co/Z5GImefUEo

Looking for the April Fools story in the Guardian & there are so many that stretch credulity yet turn out to be true. Was so sure I’d found it with the one about the Met tasering people in the Quakers meeting house. The search for something too far-fetched for 2025 continues